Community Tasting Note

• eyewino wrote: flawed

  December 4, 2018 - Stewed prunes, fig, overly sweet and syrupy. No acid to counteract the sweetness. I think a taint of TCA could have been possible as well. Not at all in line with other recent reviews. I think I had a flawed bottle. It wasn't good

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• danielphall26@gmail commented:

  12/5/18, 8:22 AM - Other than the TCA part, all of the other characteristics you've described seem normal. It's sugar is over 300g/L so yes, it should be overly sweet and syrupy. The acid is also pretty low for this wine.

• HandmadeHomemade commented:

  12/5/18, 10:52 AM - What was it about the wine you disliked? What makes you think of TCA?
  
  I am inclined to agree with danielphall26@gmail, the wine is supposed to be very full bodied and sweet, with lots of sugary, date like flavors. If you still have some left, I suggest that you try it over vanilla ice cream.

• eyewino commented:

  12/5/18, 1:16 PM - Thank you for the feedback! I have less experience with PX than many other desert wines, but to mu taste there should be enough acid to cleanse my palate and make me want another sip of the wine. I did not find that in this bottle. I have had other PX that while also very sweet, did not seem to lack the acidic property I look for. The idea of trying it on ice cream is a great one, thank you!
  
  As for the TCA, it certainly was not an obvious smell. It was more like the wine was filtered through a thin layer of newsprint. Perhaps it was my imagination as I was trying to justify why my drinking experience was so unlike others who had so positively written about their bottle.
  
  I'm trying to decide if I should buy another bottle to try....

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